Crankstart Foundation
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64M
4
0.17
- Areas of investment
Summary
In 2000 was created Crankstart Foundation, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Palo Alto.
The fund was created by Michael Moritz.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6 partakers. Despite the Crankstart Foundation, startups are often financed by Passion Capital, Jeremy Yap, Thrive Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Thrive Capital, Stripe. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Index Ventures, Blossom Capital, Benchmark.
The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Monzo, Duffel. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Finance, Banking. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom.
The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. When the investment is from Crankstart Foundation the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 4
- Lead investments
- 0
- Rounds per year
- 0.17
- Investments by industry
- E-Commerce (1)
- Logistics (1)
- Delivery (1)
- Delivery Service (1)
- Mobile Apps (1) Show 17 more
- Investments by region
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- Turkey (1)
- United Kingdom (2)
- Brazil (1)
- Peak activity year
- 2021
- Number of Unicorns
- 1
- Number of Decacorns
- 2
- Number of Minotaurs
- 2
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 6
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 3B
- Group Appearance index
- 1.00
- Strategy success index
- 1.00
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mottu | 30 Jun 2022 | Automotive, Last Mile Transportation, Transportation, Information Technology, Car Sharing, Rental, Big Data | Early Stage Venture | 30M | São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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